| VERB | emotion | preoccupy | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | preoccupy | occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance |
| Sounds | priyaa'kyahpay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | magpie ... spy: 7 rhymes with pay... | |
| Meaning | Engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Narrower | haunt, obsess, ghost | haunt like a ghost / ghost |
| prepossess | Cause to be preoccupied | |
| Broader | control, command | Exercise authoritative control or power over |
| Spanish | inquietar, preocupar | |
| Catalan | amoïnar, encaparrar, preocupar | |
| Nouns | preoccupation, preoccupancy | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
| preoccupation | an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention | |
| Meaning | Occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
| Nouns | preoccupation | the act of taking occupancy before someone else does |
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